Reading and Writing 1
Unit 5 Student Book Answer Key
The Q Classroom
Activity A, p. 84
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. I like to play soccer and baseball.
2. I like to watch hockey and
basketball.
3. I think these people feel happy. They
look like they are celebrating.
Maybe they just won a race.
Activity B, p. 85
1. Sophy, Yuna, Felix
2. Marcus, Felix
3. Felix
PREVIEW THE UNIT
Activity A, iQ Online Resource
Answers will vary. Sample answers:
1. fun, exciting, fast
2. relaxing, soothing, calming
3. boring, quiet, peaceful
4. dangerous, scary, cool
Activity B, iQ Online Resource
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. street: basketball, running, kickball
pool: swimming, water polo
field: soccer, cricket, handball,
lacrosse
gym: basketball, volleyball, kickball,
dodgeball
ice rink: ice hockey
racetrack: horse racing
stadium: soccer, ice hockey,
football, Ping-Pong
track: running, racing, horseback
riding
backyard: volleyball, soccer
park: golf, tennis, horseback riding,
Frisbee, badminton
golf course: golf, minigolf
court: basketball, volleyball,
handball
2. all of the places except for the ice
rink and racetrack
Q: Skills for Success
Second Edition
3. yes, pitch
READING 1
PREVIEW THE READING
Activity A, p. 86
a. fit
b. notice
c. fan
d. volume
e. exciting
f. popular
g. familiar
h. according to
Activity C, p. 87
1. A Super Soccer Fan
2. Fernando Mendes
3. a Corinthians fan
4. the Corinthians
Activity D, p. 87
Answers will vary. Possible answer:
Fans watch their favorite teams play.
They go to the games or watch them on
TV. They wear clothes that have the
team name and the team colors.
WORK WITH THE READING
Activity B, p. 88
1. a
2. b
3. a
Activity C, p. 89
 ■ 1. Fernando is a fan of the
Corinthians. 1
 ■ 2. He has a brother. 5
 ■ 4. He likes the noise of a soccer
game. 2, 6
 ■ 5. He has a son. 5, 6
 ■ 7. His wife doesn’t like soccer. 6
 ■ 8. His father was a Corinthians fan.
5
 ■ 9. Fernando likes to have fun. 2
 ■ 10. He buys Corinthians shirts at
the team store. 4
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Reading and Writing 1
Unit 5 Student Book Answer Key
Activity D, p. 89
1. The Flamengo Football Club is more
popular than the Corinthians.
2. Before the game, Corinthians fans
eat together and talk about the
game in the parking lot.
3. The Corinthians colors are red,
white, and black.
4. Fernando was a Corinthians fan
when he was a boy.
5. Some of the official team shirts cost
one hundred dollars.
Activity F, p. 90
Answers will vary.
Activity G, p. 90
Answers will vary. Possible answer:
I think Fernando likes the Corinthians
because he likes having fun with other
people. Watching soccer with other fans
makes him feel like part of a group.
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK
Activity A, B, p. 90
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. I am a big sports fan. I like to watch
people play sports, and I play sports.
I have always played sports. / I am
not a big sports fan. I think sports
are boring.
2. People grow up as fans of a team.
Their parents were fans, so they are,
too. They like teams that win a lot of
games.
3. One popular team in my city is our
baseball team. The fans of this team
like to cheer at all the games. They
wear the team’s colors.
READING SKILL
Activity A, p. 91
1. TS
2. SS
3. D
Q: Skills for Success
Second Edition
4. SS
5. D
Activity B, p. 92
1. D
2. SS
3. SS
4. TS
5. D
6. SS
7. D
8. TS
9. D
10. SS
READING 2
PREVIEW THE READING
Activity A, p. 93
1. invent
2. tie
3. form
4. association
5. history
6. kick
7. similar
8. disorganized
Vocabulary Skill Review, p. 93
associate (noun, verb, adjective)
invention (noun)
Activity C, p. 94
 international
 old
 popular
Activity D, p. 94
Answers will vary. Possible answer:
I know that soccer is an old sport. Many
people play it around the world.
WORK WITH THE READING
Activity B, pp. 95–96
Paragraph 1
a. SS
b. TS
Paragraph 4
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Reading and Writing 1
Unit 5 Student Book Answer Key
a. SS
b. TS
Paragraph 5
a. TS
b. SS
Paragraph 6
a. TS
b. SS
Paragraph 7
a. SS
b. TS
Activity C, p. 96
a. 5
b. 1
c. 3
d. 2
e. 4
Activity D, p. 96
1. They wanted one set of rules for
soccer.
2. Rugby and American football are
similar to soccer.
3. Soccer is a short form of the word
association.
4. Thirteen countries played in the first
World Cup.
5. Now, 32 countries can compete in
the World Cup.
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK
Activity A, p. 97
Answers will vary.
Activity B, p. 97
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. The difference between sports and
exercise is that sports are often
competitive and exercise is not.
2. I like to play sports with other
people. It is more fun to be on a
team.
3. I am in a running club. We run for
long distances and train for races.
Q: Skills for Success
Second Edition
VOCABULARY SKILL
Activity A, p. 98
1. not bored
2. unfriendly
3. unhappy
4. unimportant
5. unexciting
6. unnatural
7. not quiet
8. unpopular
9. not similar
10. unfamiliar
Activity B, p. 98
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. He is unfriendly.
2. This paragraph is unimportant.
3. Soccer is an unexciting sport.
4. Her job is not similar to mine.
5. This reading seems familiar.
WRITING SKILL
Activity A, pp. 99–100
1. TS, SS, D, SS, D, SS, D, SS
2. TS, SS, D SS, D, SS, D, D
3. TS, SS, D, SS, D, SS, D, SS (last
sentence may also be TS)
4. TS, SS, D, SS, SS, D, SS
Activity B, p. 101
1. D: The word golf means “stick.”
2. D: In 2016, golf will be a sport in the
Olympics.
3. D: The King Abdullah Sports Stadium
in Jedda can seat over 60,000 soccer
fans.
4. D: Saudi Arabia has competed in the
World Cup four times.
Activity C, D, pp. 102–103
1. Sports are very popular today.
Supporting sentence: Some people
like to play sports in their free time.
Detail: It’s easy to play sports
anywhere—in the park, on the
street, or at school.
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Reading and Writing 1
Unit 5 Student Book Answer Key
Supporting sentence: Other people
prefer to watch sports on TV.
Detail: They can watch sports at
home, at restaurants, or even on
their phones.
2. Many people don’t know the history
of their favorite sports.
Supporting sentence: Some sports
are new.
Detail: Skateboarding, for example,
only started in the 1950s.
Supporting sentence: Other sports
have existed for a long time.
Detail: People have played different
forms of soccer for nearly 2,000 years.
Q: Skills for Success
Second Edition
Activity C, iQ Online Resource
Answers will vary.
GRAMMAR
Activity A, p. 104
1. at
2. on
3. at
4. on
5. in
6. in
7. at
8. at
Activity B, p. 104
Answers will vary. Sample answers:
1. I like to listen to sporting events in
the car.
2. I like to watch sporting events at
home.
3. I don’t like to listen to sporting
events at work.
4. I don’t like to watch sporting events
on TV.
UNIT ASSIGNMENT
PLAN AND WRITE
Activity A, iQ Online Resource
Answers will vary.
Activity B, iQ Online Resource
Answers will vary.
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